Each of the fields shown in the reminder card setup window
is described below:

Total number of lines

This field tells nxqddb how many lines
are contained on the letter page.

Blank lines at bottom of letter

This field tells nxqddb
how many lines to leave blank at the the bottom of the letter page.

Address begins at line

This field tells nxqddb
on what line the destination address should begin printing.

Total characters per line

This field tells nxqddb
how wide your letter is; in other words, this field
tells nxqddb how many characters fit on a line.

Start letter at line

This field tells nxqddb at
what line to start the letter. In other words, the value
of these field tells nxqddb how many blank lines should
appear at the top of the letter.

Free-form letter

This checkbutton tells nxqddb
to produce free-form letters when the checkbutton
is turned on.

Number of letters to print when testing

This field tells nxqddb how many letters should be
printed when the user clicks the Test button
from the Report Generation window.
This number should be a small number, usually less
than five or so. This feature is nice because
you can generate a test print run
to check your letter setup and to verify
that the printouts are working correctly.

After you've entered your setup information, you can
click the Ok button to save your setup
or click the Cancel to cancel without saving
your setup.

The options to formatting postcards are similar to the options
of formatting letters. Each of the fields shown in the
postcard setup window is described below:

Total number of lines

This field tells nxqddb how many lines
are contained on the postcard.

Blank lines at bottom of card

This field tells nxqddb
how many lines to leave blank at the the bottom of the postcard.

Destination address begins at line

This field tells nxqddb
on what line the destination address should begin printing.

Separator

The separator is a character
that separates the postcard text from
the destination address. nxqddb defaults the separator to
a vertical bar(|).

Total characters per line

This field tells nxqddb
how wide your card is; in other words, this field
tells nxqddb how many characters fit on a line.

Separator begins at column

This field tells
nxqddb where to place the vertical separator on
the reminder card.

Number of spaces from separator(for destination address)

This
field tells nxqddb how many spaces to place to the right of the
separator before printing the destination address.

Free-form postcard

This checkbutton tells nxqddb
to produce free-form postcards when the checkbutton
is turned on.

Number of postcards to print when testing

This field tells nxqddb how many postcards should be
printed when the user clicks the Test button
from the reports window.
This number should be a small number, usually less
than five or so. This feature is nice because
you can generate a test run of reminder printouts
to check your postcard setup and to verify
that the printouts are working correctly.

After you've entered your setup information, you can
click the Ok button to save your setup
or click the Cancel to cancel without saving
your setup.

From the E-mail Setup window, you have the ability
to specify which attribute contains the Email address(es)
that you want to receive mail generated from nxqddb reports.
To specify an attribute, you simply key the fully qualified
attribute name in the text entry. Or, you can
click the ``down arrow'' button to the left of the
entry to choose from a list of

Figure 5.9: Pulldown listbox of available attributes to choose from

attributes(see figure 5.9). Typically,
this attribute is usually called something like ``Email''
or a similar name that you used when you created your Schema file.

You can tell nxqddb which mail program you want to be launched
whenever you create Email correspondence reports. Typically,
most users will be okay with the default mail program; however,
you can use whatever mail program you desire.

This field tells nxqddb what switch option your mail
program uses for the subject content.
The default value is ``-s''; this value works just
fine for the standard UNIX mail program. If your mail
program expects a different switch option for specifying the subject,
you would enter that value here. At the time you
run your Email report, nxqddb will prompt you for the
subject and content of the mail message(s) along with the
carbon copy and blind carbon copy distribution list.

If you click the ``Ok'' button, your settings will be remembered
for that session. Remember, you must choose
``Configure/Save Personal Configuration'' or
``Configure/Save Global Configuration'' to permanently remember your
new settings.

If you click the ``Cancel'' button, your modifications will
be disregarded.

From this window, you simply enter the text for a return
address. For example, suppose you live on Hermes Avenue
in Covington, Kentucky; then you might enter the following
text in the window's text entry and then choose the ``Ok''
button to save your results:

You can tell nxqddb the attributes that comprise
your destination address for your reports. To accomplish

Figure 5.11: Window to customize your destination address

this, choose the ``Configure/Report Format Defaults/Destination address''
to display the window shown in figure 5.11.
There is text contained on this window to
instruct you how to complete your destination address entry.
Simply perform the steps listed in this window to tell
nxqddb how to generate and print the destination addresses
found from producing an nxqddb report. For details on
how to generate reports, please reference chapter 7Generating Reports.

nxqddb provides a convenient method for you to complete
your return address. Following these steps makes it
easy for you to enter your destination address layout and
also reduces the chance of you making any typing mistakes:

From the Destination Address Setup window, click the

Figure 5.12: View Attributes and Aliases Window

``View Attributes and aliases'' button. The window shown
in figure 5.12 will be displayed to allow
you to view all of the attributes defined in your database.

For each field in your destination address, do these steps:
(1) Click the attribute in the ``View Attributes and Aliases''
window (the row will become highlighted), (2) Position the
mouse in the ``Destination Address Setup'' window
where you want to place the attribute and then
click the middle mouse button to paste the attribute
into the entry.

After completing your destination address, choose the ``Ok''
button to tell nxqddb to save your setting. Remember,
you must choose ``Configure/Save Personal Configuration''
to permanently save your settings when you
leave nxqddb. If you choose ``Cancel'', nxqddb will
disregard your modifications to the destination address.